Dear Apple,
Yes I know, you have to make it sexy and thin to appeal to a large constituent of your users for whom – how shall I put this – utility is not the first priority.
But lets not be disingenuous; I love the feel and look of the current MacBook Pro as much as anyone and have every intention of getting one to replace my existing model during the next round of upgrades. However, may I suggest a few – dare I say – functional additions that you may want to take into consideration in order to … you know … make the thing a bit more useful.
1. For the love of god! Give us at least one more USB port. That’s the minimum.
2. eSATA. It’s really about time. I’m prepared to tolerate this being a combo USB port since I know you are loathed to put holes in the side of your pretty enclosures.
3. Don’t make it any thiner! Look, a laptop that’s 3mm thinner is not going to make any difference to its portability. A GPU that has to be under-clocked to work in such a thin enclosure however does make a difference to the user experience.
4. If you are not going to give us eSATA, give us back the ExpressCard slot
5. This is really out there and I think there is precisely zero chance of Apple doing this but …. it would really be great if you could build a proper docking station port in the bottom of the Pro models. If it is a proper docking station port, and not a USB port replicator thing, then I’d be happy with the addition of just a eSATA port on the laptop itself.
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